Usually means: Additional keel attached below main.
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  1. false keel: Merriam-Webster
  2. false keel: Collins English Dictionary
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  4. false keel: Wiktionary
  5. false keel: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  6. False keel: Dictionary.com
  7. False keel: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. false keel: FreeDictionary.org
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  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  2. False Keel, False Keel: Latitude Mexico

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Definitions from Wiktionary (false keel)

▸ noun:  (nautical) The timber below the main keel, used to serve both as a protection and to increase the ship's lateral resistance.

Similar:
bilge keel, keel, back, sliding keel, skeg, sole, ledge, floor, keeler, standard, more...

Opposite:
true keel, main keel

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Similar:
bilge keel, keel, back, sliding keel, skeg, sole, ledge, floor, keeler, standard, more...

Opposite:
true keel, main keel



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